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Dr. Arifi Waked is an assistant professor in the Department of Sciences and Human Studies at Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University.
She attained her doctoral degree in Hearing and Speech Sciences with a focus in Psycholinguistics from the University of Maryland and has over 20 years of experience working with both undergraduate and graduate students as an educator, research mentor, and academic counselor.
Her research examines cognition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and factors impacting academic success in English as a foreign language learners with a focus on writing anxiety and self-efficacy. Her research of late has particularly focused on the use of identification of AI hallucination as a critical thinking tool in first semester freshman students and other ways of incorporating appropriate and ethical use of AI as an academic tool in the classroom. She is currently working with the Eastern Provence Deaf Association, examining linguistic, academic, cognitive, sociological, and social psychological issues faced by members of this community. She has also partnered with members The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (ARAMCO) to create AI simulations of speech in noise and speech simulating what is heard through a cochlear implant to investigate factors impacting speech perception in learners of English as a foreign language under difficult listening conditions.
Doctor of Philosophy: University of Maryland-Hearing and Speech Sciences with a Focus in Psycholinguistics
Masters of Arts: American University of Beirut-Applied Linguistics
Bachelors of Arts: American University of Beirut-Linguistics
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-1222-0978
BoJulaia, M.; El-Alaoui, K., Al-Mulhem, H.; Waked, A., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Does Developing a Study Guide Impact Test Performance? A Comparison Between Unguided and Guided Development In: 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25). Valencia, 17-20 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025 (Upcoming)
El-Moussa, J. O.; Agha, K. I.; Waked, A.; Pilotti, M. (2025). Is Doing More a Good Idea? Students’ Views of the Impact of Involvement on Academic Outcomes. In: 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25). Valencia, 17-20 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025 (Upcoming)
Faroqi-Shah, Y., & Waked, A. N. (2010). Grammatical category dissociation in multilingual aphasia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 27(2), 181-203.
Karaki, F. M., Alani, O., Tannoury, M., Ezzeddine, F. L., Snyder, R. E., Waked, A. N., & Attieh, Z. (2021). Noncommunicable disease and health care-seeking behavior among urban camp-dwelling Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a preliminary investigation. Health equity, 5(1), 261-269.
Pilotti, M. A., Al-Mulhem, H., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2023). Implications of dispositions for foreign language writing: The case of the Arabic–English learner. Language Teaching Research, 13621688241231453.
Pilotti, M., Alzahid, D. A., Waked, A., & El Alaoui, K. (2024). Approaching academic challenges as either opportunities or threats. The International Journal of Humanities Education, 22(2), 39-60.
Pilotti, M. A., Waked, A., El Alaoui, K., Kort, S., & Elmoussa, O. J. (2023). The emotional state of second-language learners in a research writing course: do academic orientation and major matter?. Behavioral Sciences, 13(11), 919.
Pilotti, M. A., Waked, A. N., El Alaoui, K., & Abdelsalam, H. (2023) Changing times in the middle of east and west: Cultural dispositions three years later. Frontiers in Education, 8. p. 1134190.
Pilotti, M. A., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2024.) "“Who Is my instructor?”: Impression formation in the Middle East." The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education 31 (1): 195-216. doi:10.18848/2327-7955/CGP/v31i01/195-216.
Pilotti, M. A., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. N. (2023). Battling unawareness of one’s test performance: Do Practice, Self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence matter?.Behavioral Sciences, 13(3), 275.
Pilotti, M. A., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2024). Grade prediction in the middle east: a post-pandemic case study of the optimism bias. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1270621.
Pilotti, M. A. & Waked, A. (2024). "The fading of cultural dispositions in a globalized environment." The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies 19 (1): 57-80. doi:10.18848/2327-008X/CGP/v19i01/57-80.
Pilotti, M. A., Waked, A. N., El Alaoui, K., & Abdelsalam, H. (2023) Changing times in the middle of east and west: Cultural dispositions three years later. Frontiers in Education, 8. p. 1134190.
Waked, A. (2025). Incorporating AI-Administered Personalized Feedback in an Inquiry-Based Learning EFL Writing Class. In: 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25). Valencia, 17-20 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025 (Upcoming)
Waked, A., Dougherty, S., & Goupell, M. J. (2017). Vocoded speech perception with simulated shallow insertion depths in adults and children. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(1), EL45-EL50.
Waked, A., El Alaoui, K., & Pilotti, M. A. (2023). Second-language writing anxiety and its correlates: A challenge to sustainable education in a post-pandemic world. Cogent Education, 10(2), 2280309.
Waked, A., El-Moussa, O., Pilotti, M. A., Al-Mulhem, H., El Alaoui, K., & Ahmed, R. (2024, April). Cultural considerations for the second language writing anxiety inventory: Saudi Arabian female university students. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 9, p. 1288611). Frontiers Media SA.
Waked, A.; Waheed, S.; Daqqa, I.; Nasir, S.; Pilotti, M. (2025). Do Diagnostic Measures in Calculus Work? In: 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25). Valencia, 17-20 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd25.2025 (Upcoming)
Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University
Cognitive Science Research Center
Eastern Provence Deaf Assembly
Journal Articles:
Pilotti, M., Julaia, M. B., El-Moussa, O. J., & Waked, A. (2026). Gender-stereotyped self-descriptions and academic major choices when patriarchy is loosening its grip. Acta Psychologica, 263, 106403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106403
Pilotti, M., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Waked, A. (2026). Does Inquiry-Based Learning Instruction Work for Introductory Psychology?. Teaching of Psychology, 53(1), 24-30. https:///doi/abs/10.1177/00986283241287495
Pilotti, M., Maamari, B., & Waked, A. (2025). Pro-Socialness and Self-Efficacy in Times of Change. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, 20(4), 211. https://10.18848/2327-011X/CGP/v20i04/211-225
Book Chapters:
Conference Proceedings:
Faisal, N. Y., Alzahid, D., Pilotti, M. A., & Waked, A. (2025). Attend or Not to Attend: First-Year Dilemma in Second-Language Writing. International Society for Technology, Education, and Science.
Julaia, M. S. B., Abdulrahman, R., Pilotti, M., & Waked, A. (2025). Predicting Foreign Language Writing Competency through Reading Scores and Course Engagement. International Society for Technology, Education, and Science.
BoJulaia, M., Alzahid, D., Pilotti, M. A., & Waked, A. (2025). Assessing Second Language Writing without Technology: A First-Year University Study. International Society for Technology, Education, and Science.
Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University:
Undergraduate: Writing and Research, Introduction to Psychology, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Technical and Professional Communication, Written Communication
Masters: Language, Culture, and Education
Prince Sultan Military College for Health Sciences:
Undergraduate: English Language II, English Language I
Professional: Professional English Writing for Nurses
University of Maryland:
Undergraduate: Introduction to Language, College and Career Advancement: Concepts and Skills: Learning Strategies, College and Career Advancement: Concepts and Skills: Math Study Skills,
Masters: Introduction to Psycholinguistics,
American University of Beirut:
Undergraduate: Academic English Writing, Introduction to English
Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics, Psychoacoustics, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Reading and Writing in English as a Foreign Language, Academic Anxiety, Writing Anxiety, Deaf Studies, Public Health, Speech Impairment, Speech Perception
